Online Versions of Course Texts

Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (Synopsis)

Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (Preface to the Reader)

Leibniz' Monadology (translated by Simon Sparks)

John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Part 1

David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Bishop Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in opposition to Sceptics and Atheists

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Note: I find that reading texts on a computer/laptop/tablet/handheld device screen taxing, and it is difficult to take notes (since most of us take notes on a computer nowadays, and it is hard to switch back and forth between windows), which is necessary when reading philosophical works of this caliber. For this reason, I recommend that you purchase the old-fashioned version of the texts for this course, which are all available in the CU Bookstore or the bookstore on the Hill, or through Amazon, et al.

SECOND NOTE: several of these works are translated from another, non-English language (this is the case for Descartes, Leibniz, and Kant). The translations available online differ from those provided by the hard copy texts I ordered and are available in the bookstore(s).

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